THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A PLANT’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD MICHAEL POLLAN BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING 2001/2003 PART 2 Chapter 1: Desire: Sweetness. Plant: The Apple If you were on the banks of the Ohio River in 1806 – somewhere just to the north of Wheeling, West Virginia, say – you would probably have noticed a …
CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 3 Chapter 1: In the Beginning: Prehistory and Illiterate Societies Chapter 2: A Torrent of Words: Change and Custom in Classical Greece Chapter 3: The Birth of Abstraction: Plato, Aristotle and the Rational Mind Chapter 4: The Universal Civilization: Rome and the …
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THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 16 Chapter 27: The Big Picture (Cont) The cycles of religions Here, then, is something of the Bahá’í teachings on human nature. There remains one vital factor to complete the picture linking man to God. Bahá’ís believe that though man is free to …
RESPONSIBLE RESTRUCTURING CREATIVE AND PROFITABLE ALTERNATIVES TO LAYOFFS WAYNE F. CASCIO BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS 2002 Back cover DOWNSIZING IS NOT THE ANSWER RESPONSIBLE RESTRUCTURING IS Research proves that companies that downsize are not more profitable than those that don’t. Wayne Cascio shows that it makes good business sense to restructure responsibly to avoid downsizing and …
LEADERSHIP AND THE QUEST FOR INTEGRITY JOSEPH L. BADARACCO, JR. & RICHARD R. ELLSWORTH HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS 1989 Back cover “In its unique synthesis of practical experience and sound conceptual analysis, this book will provide stimulus, insight, and vision even to the accomplished and successful executive.” Peter F. Drucker Front cover What distinguishes …
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A PLANT’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD MICHAEL POLLAN BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING 2001/2003 PART 1 Back cover A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald’s can enjoy a long golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn and in the spring has a riotous patch of …
CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 2 Prologue (cont) More conventional historians tried to explain the upheavals in Europe by mapping the rise and decline of the world’s civilizations. Oswald Spengler’s Decline of the West, published in 1918, was followed in 1934 by the first of Arnold Toynbee’s …
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THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 15 Chapter 27: The Big Picture In discussing the Bahá’í Faith’s credentials as an effective world-embracing progressive movement there are two questions which require immediate attention. The first relates to the fact that it is an independent religion with its own Prophet-Founder. It …
THE FAMILY VIRTUES GUIDE SIMPLE WAYS TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN OUR CHILDREN AND OURSELVES LINDA KAVELIN POPOV A PLUME BOOK 1997 Back cover Bring Compassion, Generosity, and Kindness into Your Home with this Essential Guide The most important job parents have is to pass basic virtues on to their children, and this invaluable …
LEADING WITH PURPOSE THE NEW CORPORATE REALITIES RICHARD R. ELLSWORTH STANFORD BUSINESS BOOKS 2002 www.sup.org Front cover “This thoughtful and incredibly ambitious work tackles head-on the enormously important issue of why the corporation exists. Ellsworth creates the kind of provocative framework and well-articulated set of concepts that would drive an intense and powerful classroom …
